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Shahbaz Taseer Credits Quran, Family, Manchester United For Kidnap Survival
The son of an assassinated Pakistani governor who was released more than four years after his kidnapping by terrorists said the Quran, memories of his family and hearing Manchester United soccer games on an illicit radio helped him survive.
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Shahbaz Taseer, Kidnapped Son Of Assassinated Pak Governor, Found After 5 Years
The kidnapped son of a slain Pakistani governor was reunited with his family on Wednesday after nearly five years in captivity, smiling for photographs with his mother after he was flown to his home city of Lahore.
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Shahbaz Taseer, Kidnapped Son Of Assassinated Pak Governor, Found After 5 Years
The kidnapped son of a liberal Pakistani governor assassinated by his bodyguard has been found, senior officials said today, just over a week after his father's killer was hanged.
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Pakistan Upholds Death Sentence for Assassin
A Pakistani court today upheld the death sentence handed to a former police bodyguard for murdering a provincial governor who sought reform of blasphemy laws.
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Judge who convicted Taseer's assassin sent to Saudi Arabia
The Pakistani government has packed off the judge, who gave the death sentence to Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer's self-confessed assassin, to Saudi Arabia after he received death threats from religious extremists.
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Pakistani song questions Ajmal Kasab's treatment as 'hero'
The latest Pakistani song to have gone viral on the Internet pokes fun at Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving Mumbai attacker, being treated like a "hero" in his home country and slain Governor Salmaan Taseer's assassin being treated like a "nawab".
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Pak judge who convicts Taseer's killer goes on leave
The Pakistani judge who passed the death sentence on the assassin of Governor Salmaan Taseer today went on an indefinite leave, a day after his courtroom was attacked by lawyers and hardline Islamic groups warned the government against implementing the verdict.
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Pak court gives death sentence to Salmaan Taseer's assassin
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court handed down the death sentence to the police guard on Friday. The guard had assassinated Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer for calling for changes in the country's controversial blasphemy law.
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Pak Governor Salman Taseer's assassin garlanded
Lawyers showered the suspected killer of a prominent Pakistani governor with rose petals when he arrived at court on Wednesday and an influential Muslim scholars' group praised the assassination of the outspoken opponent of laws that order death for those who insult Islam.Mumtaz Qadri, 26, made his first appearance in an Islamabad court, where a ju...
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Shahbaz Taseer Credits Quran, Family, Manchester United For Kidnap Survival
The son of an assassinated Pakistani governor who was released more than four years after his kidnapping by terrorists said the Quran, memories of his family and hearing Manchester United soccer games on an illicit radio helped him survive.
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Shahbaz Taseer, Kidnapped Son Of Assassinated Pak Governor, Found After 5 Years
The kidnapped son of a slain Pakistani governor was reunited with his family on Wednesday after nearly five years in captivity, smiling for photographs with his mother after he was flown to his home city of Lahore.
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Shahbaz Taseer, Kidnapped Son Of Assassinated Pak Governor, Found After 5 Years
The kidnapped son of a liberal Pakistani governor assassinated by his bodyguard has been found, senior officials said today, just over a week after his father's killer was hanged.
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Pakistan Upholds Death Sentence for Assassin
A Pakistani court today upheld the death sentence handed to a former police bodyguard for murdering a provincial governor who sought reform of blasphemy laws.
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Judge who convicted Taseer's assassin sent to Saudi Arabia
The Pakistani government has packed off the judge, who gave the death sentence to Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer's self-confessed assassin, to Saudi Arabia after he received death threats from religious extremists.
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Pakistani song questions Ajmal Kasab's treatment as 'hero'
The latest Pakistani song to have gone viral on the Internet pokes fun at Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving Mumbai attacker, being treated like a "hero" in his home country and slain Governor Salmaan Taseer's assassin being treated like a "nawab".
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Pak judge who convicts Taseer's killer goes on leave
The Pakistani judge who passed the death sentence on the assassin of Governor Salmaan Taseer today went on an indefinite leave, a day after his courtroom was attacked by lawyers and hardline Islamic groups warned the government against implementing the verdict.
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Pak court gives death sentence to Salmaan Taseer's assassin
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court handed down the death sentence to the police guard on Friday. The guard had assassinated Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer for calling for changes in the country's controversial blasphemy law.
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Pak Governor Salman Taseer's assassin garlanded
Lawyers showered the suspected killer of a prominent Pakistani governor with rose petals when he arrived at court on Wednesday and an influential Muslim scholars' group praised the assassination of the outspoken opponent of laws that order death for those who insult Islam.Mumtaz Qadri, 26, made his first appearance in an Islamabad court, where a ju...
